calefactory

[kal-uh-fak-tuh-ree, -fak-tree]

adjective

serving to heat.

noun, plural cal·e·fac·to·ries.

a heated parlor or sitting room in a monastery.

Origin of calefactory

1530–40; < Late Latin calefactōrius having a warming or heating power, equivalent to Latin calefac(ere) to make warm (see calefacient) + -tōrius -tory¹

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Historical Examples of calefactory

Large portions also remain of the sacristy, chapterhouse, and calefactory.
The Heart of Wessex
Sidney Heath
Leading out of it is the ancient "calefactory," where the fire for the censers and thuribles was preserved.
Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Winchester
Philip Walsingham Sergeant
Here is where the Calefactory stood in almost all the old Cistercian monasteries.
Mellifont Abbey, Co. Louth
Anonymous

British Dictionary definitions for calefactory

calefactory

adjective

giving warmth

noun plural -ries

a heated sitting room in a monastery

Word Origin for calefactory

C16: from Latin calefactōrius, from calefactus made warm; see calefacient

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